BURRUSS C.T.C
Facility Information
- Original Design Capacity
- 300 (at 245% capacity)
- Bed Capacity
- 806 beds
- Current Population
- 736
Why design capacity matters:
Adding beds to a prison does not increase medical facilities, educational programs, kitchen capacity, counseling services, or recreation areas. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that severe overcrowding beyond design capacity violates the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Read: Brown v. Plata - A Legal Roadmap for Georgia's Prison Crisis →
Read: Brown v. Plata - A Legal Roadmap for Georgia's Prison Crisis →
- Address
- 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 5849, Forsyth, GA 31029
- County
- Monroe County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Chanel Samuel
- Phone
- (478) 994-7512
- Fax
- (478) 994-7561
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Reginald Clark
- Deputy Warden C&T: Jacqueline Fanning
- Deputy Warden Admin: Delores Henderson
About
Burruss Correctional Training Center in Forsyth is a medium-security “special-mission” prison that houses both adult and juvenile male offenders sentenced as adults. Opened in 1986, Burruss combines standard general-population housing with specialized units for youthful offenders. The facility emphasizes education and vocational training – including a charter high school, GED and adult basic education, and technical programs – and also supports outside details and industries alongside traditional security operations.
Mortality Statistics
5 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2026: 0
- 2025: 1
- 2024: 3
- 2023: 0
- 2022: 1
- 2021: 0
- 2020: 0